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Burgess Owens: “This totals equals 20% of the university's gifts and…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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'They Will Eventually Be Discarded': Burgess Owens Blasts U.S. Colleges Accepting Money From CCP

Published | Video Starts at 02:05

That investigation found that just in the last five years, $86 million of the university's foreign gifts and contracts reports were submitted late. This totals equals 20% of the university's gifts and contracts over that lifetime. Many reports are also mislabeled. Section 117 has been in law for over 30 years. Can you explain how such a high amount of foreign funds were not reported correctly? (02:05–02:11)

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States that the late submissions accounted for 20% of the University of Michigan's gifts and contracts.

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